769 Quotes by Sophocles

Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise! This I knew well, but had forgotten it, else I would not have come here.

A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool’s part.

True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills.

What a splendid king you’d make of a desert island – you and you alone.

It is the brave man’s part to live with glory, or with glory die.

In his autumn before the winter comes mans last mad surge of youth.

No man loves life like him that’s growing old.

By God, I’ll have more booty in a moment.

Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.